Male model becomes first amputee to be crowned Mr England
A male model has become the first amputee to be crowned Mr England - and hopes to go on to be Mr World. Jack Eyers, 28, won over the judges at the final of the pageant and made history. He accepted the crown at an awards do after he triumphed over 24 other finalists. Two years ago the handsome personal trained became the first disabled person to take to the catwalk at New York Fashion Week. Jack Eyers on the...
Cyclist plays bike thieves at their own game and steals it back!
A cyclist who had her bike nicked played thieves at their own game when she set up a sting to steal it back. Jenni Morton-Humphreys, 30, planned a sting operation with a stranger and had her expensive German racing bike back within the space of 24 hours. She met a man on a street corner to 'test drive' the bike, but then sped off. She told police what she planned to do but they didn't help her with the sting...
Couple get married in first ever wedding in British Antarctic Territory
A British couple have got married in one of the most remote places on Earth in the first wedding in the British Antarctic Territory. Polar field guides Julie Baum and Tom Sylvester tied the knot in sub-zero temperatures surrounded by the continent's beautiful snowy mountains. They shared their special day with 18 colleagues living and working at the British Antarctic Survey's (BAS) largest research station. It was the first official wedding on the territory in Adelaide Island with magistrate and...
Watch – Of course he can’t! John Mcdonnell asks Hammond if he can live on struggling cleaner’s £297 a week
Tory Philip Hammond refused to deny saying public sector workers are “overpaid” even when the Shadow Chancellor showed him a pay slip from a cleaner who made £297 a week. Millionaire Hammond still was dumbstruck by McDonnell's clever ploy. John McDonnell slammed the Chancellor for the comments, allegedly made during a cabinet meeting last week. McDonnell told the BBC’s Andrew Marr: “I was at Bart’s Hospital yesterday with the cleaners, who are on strike. Why are they on strike? Because...
Acid attack victim tells how his helmet saved his life
An UberEats delivery driver burnt in an acid attack has told how his moped helmet prevented life-changing injuries. Jabed Hussain, 32, suffered burns to his lip when he was sprayed with a corrosive liquid through his helmet at traffic lights before robbers snatched his motorbike. The dad-of-one is alleged to have been the first of five victims on Thursday night to be attacked with acid by two teenagers on a moped. But he believes he is "the lucky one" as...
Artists carves stunning facial sculptures using the stones from avocados
An artist has carved a series of stunning facial sculptures - using the stones from AVOCADOS. Art fanatic Jan Campbell scratches the intricate designs into the unique fruity material which she describes as the perfect blank canvas. She now a huge collection of designs which she sells for more than £100-a-pop. Jan, who creates the artwork under the name Avocado Stone Faces, said: "An avocado stone shares the characteristics of a dense wood. "The stone will last for as long...
The trials and tribulations of being a gay guy at a cricket match
It’s probably common for most dads to dream about the moment when they can watch sport with their son. Male bonding time, father and son moments. Swig a beer and cheer, and all that. So I always worried that when I came out as gay at 18-years-old, my dad would wonder if I had really enjoyed all those football and rugby games we had watched, or if he’d thought that I might have rather played with a Barbie instead. The...
Butterflies of a Bad Summer
If you have not heard of the Irish writer Karl Parkinson before, well let me tell you two things. One, you really need to move in better and more alternative circles; and two, you're missing out on something special. Parkinson's first novel, The Blocks, like a great thoroughbred on its maiden race broke screaming with nostrils flared from the gate. It was the novel Ireland had not only waited for, it was the novel Ireland needed – no false nostalgia...
TLE meets…Deadpan Theatre
What is your show about? Polly and Eve have a surprisingly hilarious time travelling the UK with their best friend’s ashes in a Wizard of Oz lunchbox. At Dylan’s funeral, they are handed the box along with posthumous instructions to take him on the UK road trip he never got to go on. The two women haven’t spoken after a friendship destroying argument several years ago and on top of some devastating grief, this is not ideal. Their journey is...